I am so damn tired of complaining about my job, so let me just tell you how great The Seagull was at Shakespeare in the Park last night. It was soooo good, that I finally gave myself a deadline (this week actually) to give in my letter of resignation. Talk about inspired.
And who the hell can beat a free play with this line up: John Goodman, Marcia Gay Harden, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Debra Monk, Larry Pine, Natalie Portman, Stephen Spinella, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken. One of the perks of volunteering with an organization like Arkipelago. Teehee.
Sometimes I get so overwhelmed by certain things or so upset over something that I get this lump in my chest and if I'm lucky, I get to release that by crying. Well, I've cried about 4 times in the past 2 days, 3 of those times during work. And, thankfully, my thoughts are less muddy, because I have found a new purpose: Operation: Oust the Racist Peabrain Puppet. See, I'm a nice person, but I'm also a vengeful person. You mess with me or my friends, then you better watch your back. Hahaha*evil laugh*hahahaha... If you have any experience reporting a racist peabrain at your workplace or have any experience or ideas on how to get someone like him fired, please contact me immediately.
Hey, so I spoke with Ibalik today, yes he's still alive! Got a bit worried there for a moment. The guy calls me from freaking the Grand Canyon, inggatero talaga! But it was definitely a welcome break from probably one of the worst days I've had in a while. Not really anything happening externally, more like the internal dizziness of despair. Pa-drama pa, you know its that bad and time to move on.Okay, gotta go, remind me to tell you about a totally junior highschool moment I had yesterday. Its so weird, I'm thinking of submitting something based on it to crush.nu
I can't believe I'm still up at 4 in the morning. Came back from the 6+ hour long Bamboo Girl Zine Benefit...so much fun yet so inspiring and thought provoking. Never let anyone tell you there's no talent in the Pinoy community - anywhere. Since maARTe was one of the sponsors, we got more promotion than we expected, with Margarita's funny, but generous comments about us. She's cool peeps:) There was a raffle and we contributed maARTe t-shirts (with the popular maarte sticker saying, "no brides here but we can mail-order a boot up your ass!"), a maARTe mug and mousepad. When the new maARTe issue finally goes up, (I think I learned my lesson again not to give any indications of when it will actually come out. Basta surprise na lang, hehe) those will be some of the products in our store. Yay! B, Cia, and I sat in the back for most of the first half, but then I just had to get outta there for awhile, I needed some air. There were so many people there, it really was standing room only. Thankfully many left during the intermission and there was a little more room to breathe. My fave performers though were Bobby Bandurria'sKevin Camia and Emily Chang of Two Tongues. Anyways, the main reason I posted now is coz I finally figured out who Model Minority is! I found his site a while back from the maARTe counter referrals and knew he had to be someone I knew or at least knew of, the Pinoy artist community here is not so big. Anyway, you'll just have to email me or wait for a future maARTe issue to reveal who he is. Heh. Oh, and I'm risking jinxing myself but I talked to the person who's currently in the position I'm applying for and she said, "I want you to get the job, but shhhh!"
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Oh! And the interview went well! Even though I thought I was gonna run out questions at some point, B jumped in with a few good questions and I managed to think some up on the spot. She truly rocks. She was playing at the Bitter End tonite and I soooo, wanted to go see her perform but, hey maARTe duty calls, di ba? I think its just awesome to have too many good events with Pinoys involved on a Friday night. Galeng natin, me so proud.
Ayayay, B and I are interviewing Emm Gryner in like 2 hours and I'm nervous! Aya! I should prepared more...I don't think I have enough questions! Do you have any suggestions?
I almost don't want to post here just coz my page is so dang hard to read anyway. Just highlight it, I guess if you're having trouble, for now. O di ba, interactive pa! :)
I finally met up with Ari in what seems like forever. I think the last time I saw him we were in college, probably in our first year, shit that's six or seven years ago. I feel so dang old. I wasn't the only one who felt he had mellowed out since high school. His college friend and I compared notes, ha. What happened to that old dependable sarcastic boy with those great snide comments? Then we asked him and he said he said he was only holding back. *Phew*
My horoscope for today:
You feel stuck, but surrender will only make it worse. Hold onto
that dream, no matter what anybody says. Be kind to your body. Draw
slowly on your strength so that it lasts for a long time.
Yeah, I know the text IS kinda hard to read, no? Weird, it's darker than when it was on pitas...i'll fix it later...
So since you are my cool peeps, i gotta let you know that maARTe prolly won't be up til later tonite...i was aiming for it to be done this morning, but shit happens. Actually shit REALLY happened. maARTe has the worst luck with deadlines, I swear. If you know anyone looking for a SUPER-talented designer, tell them Eniyu.com is open for business. Thanks.
Sleep good, insomnia baaaaaaaad. I had the day off today, and it felt so good to write an article (actually a review) for a change rather than memos and other bullcrap. I'm so not looking forward to going tomorrow, and it's getting harder each day...
